Her Body And Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism in this collection of stories. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague spreads across the earth. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery about a store's dresses. A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood.